NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., successfully completed wind tunnel testing for Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) Space Systems of Louisville, Colo. The test will provide aerodynamic data that will aid in the design of the new Dream Chaser(r) Space System.
With GDP growth of 6.6% Turkey was officially the fastest growing economy in Europe last year, and this followed an even stronger 8.2% GDP growth in 2010. However, now the government is preparing for and preparing us for a slowdown against the continued misery in the European economy and sluggish growth almost everywhere else. The government says it is aiming for a soft-landing on growth of 4%, that will allow it to focus on shoring up the economy after its incredible couple of years, but some are predicting no such pillows will be laid for it.
Turkey and America's top military commanders met on Wednesday in what a spokesman from the US Joint Chiefs of Staff has called a sign of the two nations' deeply rooted strategic ties. Speaking to the Anatolia news agency on Wednesday, Pentagon spokesperson Cdr. Scott McIlnay said Chief of General Staff Necdet Özel met with Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Wednesday and plans to see US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta on Thursday. The talks are expected to cover the two nations' overlapping strategic interests, which include the Syria crisis and Iran's nuclear ambitions.
